Why should Our government have any control over personal health risk?

If the government cant even provide health care for its citizens,, Why should that be able to contorl what we do to uor bodies such smoking,suiscide,drugs.Shouldent thay fix ther problems first?Why should Our government have any control over personal health risk?
I agree 1000%!!!





I was literally shocked out of my gorge this past year when Mass. passed a law requiring residents of their state to have health insurance. How in the world can they require that?





In addition to your excellent argument, I would add, how can they punish a person for eating, drinking, etc... things that are legal?





They are creating all this legislation because of the rising cost of healthcare and health maintenance related things...





They should be focusing on controlling or regulated the out of control insurance companies, pharmacy companies, etc... rather than putting more stipulations on 'life'.Why should Our government have any control over personal health risk?
Great answer.

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I think it would be wonderfull if governement got of our back, and require smokers and fat slobs to pay for their own healthcare cost
You are comparing apples and oranges. If our government did provide health care that wouldn't mean that we would listen to them about not doing drugs or anything else.
In a free society, the gov't should NEVER legislate morality!
Ding!





But then again imagine what they could do if they DID provide that health care. Maybe we are better off now.